mathias who is in london. he has all the details on this. a big shock over there, raj. >> reporter: yeah, it is. that's a lot of people. eight olympians like you mentioned asked to pack their bags, leave the village and go back to their respective countries. they are all female badminton players. this is not about doping or drugs this is about intentionally trying to lose. why would do you that? what happened is they were trying to get more favorable position in the badminton draw. they were hitting into the net. the crowd was booing them. eight players have been dq'd from these games. big news here in london. all happening within the last "60 minutes." on to some more positive news we're talking about team usa gymnastics. if you were like so many people in the united states and around the world you stayed up late to watch the coverage and they did it. the fab five, do you know the

names, aly, jordyn, gabby, mckayla and alex and we were hanging out with them a short while ago and they were all smiles. they said yeah we're a little tired, we slept with our gold medals but they were all in great spirits. they are going to be appearing on the "today" show in a short child. also with me for our evening newscast. really nice. they captured the hearts of millions of americans. team usa gymnastics team only for the second time in u.s. history they won the team overall gold. okay. what do they do first thing this morning before they showered or put on their clothes? they started to go to twitter and the one thing that jordyn wieber wanted, here we go. she tweeted now that we are olympic champions can we please meet justin bieber? you know what? that's what you can do when you're an olympic champion and then what happens. justin bieber reprice back, congratulations and so forth. so they are now buddies with

justin bieber because they won gold. and remember last hour guys i told you i kind of picked up something when i was hanging without the girls. >> is that an actual uniform? >> an event worn? >> laura, please don't ask those kind of questions we're on international tv. let's just say i have it for now. here are the details. thousands of swarski crystals placed on here one by one with tweezers and then melted on there. it's an amazing costume. amazing uniform for team usa and those girls simply a treat to deal with. michael phelps the big story here. it's about those gymnasts and we'll be chatting with them throughout the day on our newscast. >> some serious but bedazzling going on there. >> if you're holding that outfit there's a young lady not wearing much. hopefully you gave her your jacket. >> i'll pretend i didn't hear

that. >> appreciate that, raj. thanks very much. >> great behind-the-scenes. london is eight hours ahead of us here in the bay area so olympic events took place overnight. we're about to show you some of those results. the events that have not aired yet on nbc. if you want to watch them later just look away from your screen. we'll play a little music while we show you the scores and when that music stops you can look up again. there you have it. coming up on tonight on nbc's primetime coverage men and women's swimming, men's gymnastics and beach volleyball. now if you're wondering where and when you can watch your favorite events, head over to

nbcbayarea.com, you click on the olympics tab then you scroll down and then click on the viewing guide. you can look up your events by sports or by viewing time and then you can find the listings online. that's all happening for you on nbcbayarea.com. check it out. new this morning the oakland police department is facing a new scathing report. an auditor slams the department for wasting millions on unused technology. "today in the bay," christie smith has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. sure seems like the hits keep coming against the oakland police department. this time from the city auditor's department that's releasing a report today. basically saying that the department spent about $2 million on equipment that it either didn't use or wasn't used enough. starting with the shot spotter technology system. basically what that is, is a system of microphones set up all around oakland that can pick up the sound of gunfire and help

police get to the scene quickly. report found there were staffing issues and police only had one computer for it that wasn't always monitored. the report covers from 2005 to 2011. while police spent a million dollars on a video system for the patrol cars here that could record interactions with residents it didn't even work and the vendor went out of business but that system was tweaked into lapel cameras for officers. three vendors in all actually went out of business with no opportunity for refunds. the report criticizes the i.t. department. the city auditor recommended about 22 ways that the oakland police department can improve. if you want to look for yourself that report is listed on the city's auditor's website.

this morning i've reached out to the oakland police department and as soon as they respond back i'll let you know what they had to say. >> 6:06 right now. the weather outside going to be real nice today. so nice meteorologist christina loren has been dancing. >> can't sing in the rain so i'll dance in the fog. live look at san francisco. the fog is getting more dense at this hour is we're losing that within. old glory proud to be an american this morning with all that gold coming in. more olympics action right here on nbc throughout the day it all starts at 9:00 after the "today" show. 54 degrees in sunnyvale. 53 degrees in san francisco. beach weather today and i'm talking about great beach weather in santa cruz. 70 degrees at 2:00. beautiful conditions. elsewhere at the coast 69 degrees in places like half moon bay and pacifica.

might require air conditioner certainly in your car. probably your home as well. you know, mike, unless you park in the shade it will be about 20 degrees warmer in that vehicle. >> the drive is heating up in the south bay. oranges and yellows on my maps. speeds coming 40s and 30s. big slowing over the last 15 minutes 880. slowing east 237 as you past great american parkway. hazards reported in lanes slowing past lawrence. we're looking over to somerville. an accident at the off-ramp. westbound with delays at antioch. standard for this flow as well as the altamont pass. build coming through livermore and a look at the toll plaza. no big problems. another deadly shooting in san francisco, the fourth in three days. one man was killed, a second

wounded near san bruno drive. two men ran up to the victims, fired shots and then took off in a white four door car. on monday two people died in a shooting less than two miles away. on sunday a teenager was found shot to death in the diamond heights backyard. no arrests in any of those murders. a memorial service will be held this morning for a couple murdered in their own home. pedro and mary belle jimenez were shot to death last week. the sect 31-year-old pedro medina is still on the loose. he once dated mary belle and could have killed the couple out of jealousy. >> the man at the center of the controversial pepper spraying incident at uc davis is no long ear cop. john pike and other officers were captured on camera dousing students with pepper spray during a peaceful protest last november. the video has had more than 2 1/2 million views on youtube

as of this morning. the university confirming lieutenant john pike is no longer on that force but will not say at this point exactly why. he's been on administrative leave since the incident and an independent investigation concludes the use of pepper spray was quote unreasonable. new details this morning an out of control driver who crashed into two homes in east palo alto last week has come over. the 20-year-old man admitted to hitting the homes and barely miss baby that was sleeping in a bassinet inside. investigators are interviewing the man and say they will forward that case to the district attorney for possible charges. it is 6:10 right now. we can tell you one man's olympic dream is still intact but his bronze medal broke in half much we'll go back to london for an unusual story. plus a new era in health care for women.

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welcome back. on a wednesday morning. how are you feeling? that's a live look at the golden gate bridge. we've been discussion it's hard to believe it's already august 1st. >> where is summer going. >> flying by. nice day today. that fog blows out. warm summer day. now 6:13. >> time for a check of the day's top stories. controversy at the london games. eight female badminton players have been disqualified for attempting to throw their matches. the theory is losing to get a better draw in the bracket. the badminton world federation said the flares from south korea, china and indonesia did not use their best efforts. we'll have a live report from

thrown in just moments. >> do the crime got to do the time. this is a campus police officer involved in last year's infamous pepper spraying incident. john pike was caught by cameras dousing protesters with that spray. university at this point will not say whether he quit or he was fired. first opposition now support. today is national chick-fil-a day appreciation. people will turn out in defense of the company's ceo who has come under fire for his anti-gay comments. this friday gay rights groups say they will stage kiss ins at chick-fil-a. >> 6:14. new this morning, big changes in health care. the next phase of the affordable care act kick in and women are the beneficiaries. boredell live in san jose with the new coverage and the old controversy. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you. this new provision that goes into effect today could help a lot of women, 47 million

according to the u.s. government. starting today new health insurance plans must provide preventative care for women at no cost to the patient. up until now some women avoided preventative care because their insurer didn't cover it or charged high co-pace. the law mandates no co-pay or deductible for things like routine breast and pelvic exams. tests for hiv and hpv, hpv the virus that causes cervical cancer. >> best example if we can find cervical changes at the very early precancerous stages we can prevent cervical cancer from happening. same with mammograms. earlier we can detect these small things less likely to encounter disease that requires more intervention. >> this new provision has been controversial for religious organizations who have a moral problem with birth control. they don't believe that they should have to provide

contraception as a new part of the provision mandates. what's happened the government has compromised in the mean time, they let them be exempt for a year so that both sides can come up with some sort of middle ground. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." within the last hour we have breaking olympic news out of london this morning. >> the badminton federation disqualified eight athletes. let's go to raj mathias in london with the details. good morning, raj. >> reporter: good morning. good afternoon. it's a strange one. usually we talk about doping or drugs but this time suspensions for trying to lose a match. now in terms of what's happening here eight female players all doubles badminton players from various countries, indonesia, china and south korea have been asked to leave the olympic games and go home. they have been disqualified. they were intentionally trying to lose their matches to get a more favorable position in terms of the badminton draw.

that's against most spirits of any sports and especially the ioc. the international olympic committee has definitely opened the way and they are now gone, leaving these olympic games. on a much more positive note we're talking about michael phelps. everyone waking up in the bay area to some history. what we saw yesterday was simply amazing. number 18 and number 19 in terms of his career olympic medals and that's number one of all time and here's something we don't talk about too often gold medals equals a gold mind. michael phelps will be cashing in. before this record even last year in terms of endorsements he was making about $10 million a year just in endorsements alone everything from speedo to kellogg's to pge and everything he endorses. now michael phelps will add to his bottom line. in terms of the gymnastics, guess who we hung out with just a short while ago. the fab five. yes. team usa gymnastic, they are so excited, the gymnasts who won the overall gold last night

riding high on top of cloud nine. they said they could hardly sleep. they hid their medals underneath their mattress or pillow or right at their bedside and mckayla one of the fab five will be joining us on our evening newscast and no kidding here she said she really appreciated everything in san jose. she said the crowd in san jose for the olympic trials about five weeks ago was louder than the crowd here in london. we'll check in with the fab five later this evening. >> thanks so much, raj. relet's get to the weather. >> he mentioned live interview tonight. so amazing to be a part of the olympics. we're the proud home your summer games and your summer is going to feel like hot conditions in august. today first day of august feeling warmer than we typically see on this first day. so typically our highs are about

88 degrees in places like livermore. today i'm going 94 degrees. seek shade. stay i had decorated. live look at beings where you won't need to do either. temperatures here climbing to about 70 degrees. that's it today. low 70s in the city by the bay. 57 to start you out in concord. high pressure is fully in control. heat us up today even more so tomorrow when we peek. temperatures will tumble a bit for the weekend back in the 80s and back to the 90 degree range as we head through the first part of next week. good air quality. if you don't have an air conditioner and waiting for fall, today open up those windows and breathe that air in. good to moderate range. as we head throughout this afternoon getting a little bit warm in place like livermore. by noon upper 70s. as we head to the upcoming weekend, few more clouds, that will limit the sunshine and bring our temperatures down a

touch. monday and tuesday we heat you right back up as those olympics continue. right here on nbc. now are we getting the gold this morning when it comes to your drive? let's find out with mike. >> give you whatever this red and orange are over the altamont pass. slowing. thumbs up no major incident, standard build. get a live look. also slowing in northbound 101 from tuly. that's your slow zone for san jose. live look through fremont. southbound moves slowly. northbound slower move. speeds holding up above 50 throughout. back to you. 6:20 right now. silicon valley today taking a break from that trial of the century. >> good morning. this is apple versus samsung, $2.5 billion stake that's how much apple wants in damages after it accused its biggest competitor of copying the iphone and ipad.

both sides made their opening arguments on tuesday. marketing director testified briefly. the whole thing will pick up on friday in federal court in san jose. tuesday we saw samsung convince the jury that its tablets and phones look like apple's not because they are copying the cupertino company but because that's just the way that phones should be. function is actually a legitimate defense and it's probably where samsung will go in its strategy. cars have four tires and a round steering wheel. that's not copying that's the way cars worked out. to paraphrase samsung all smart phones are recognitangles. new owners bought the former high flying website for $500,000. the new dig very different looking more like a newspaper than it is a list. it's online now. you may have gotten an e-mail for lawyers representing a class

action suit against netflix. anyone who was or is a subscriber got it. the quick version is you can just do nothing. it's legitimate. safely ignore it because you won't be getting any money. of course you shouldn't be take legal advice from me. netflix was accused of keeping people's rental records after they quit the service. netflix apparently wronged you but says for something you didn't even know about so just ignore it. >> thank you very much. 6:22. they are not going for the gold but the force is definitely with them. we'll show you the bay area training grounds for teaching you to fight like a jedi.

welcome back, everybody on a wednesday morning. we have a spanning live shot over san jose, little bit of mountain, the sun coming up. hopefully inspiration to keep your wednesday morning rolling opinion it's 6:25. now probably seen it one of the most interesting olympic sports to watch, we're talking about fencing. >> maybe you would like a kinder, againler version. bob redell found a way to play without being jabbed with a pointy piece of metal. >> red two standing by. >> red 11 standing by. >> this is redel.

i'm going in. to star war light saber school here in san francisco. luke had obi-wan. these studio audience have alan block. for a few hours every sunday he'll teach you the proper techniques of the jedi's weapon of choice. twirls. figure eights. behind the backs. even the man who once struck down a jedi master, drops in for a refresher every now and then. >> it's awesome. >> do you call it exercise. >> wonder if people look at you, you know it's time to grow up. >> right. >> i'm 40 next year, so -- >> yellow. >> if you move forward and act like hey this is me, this is what i like that nobody is really going to question you in the end. >> i like it.

>> darth. >> five and six. >> alan base as lot of his instruction on frame by frame analysis of the franchise's most famous duals. his favorite the fight between darth and luke in "empire strikes back." >> no dialogue whatsoever. through their gestures and motions you can see them telling a story. >> alan would like to teach his students how to re-enact that entire five minute sequence. >> indulging in their inner childhood and fantasy of being a real jedi. >> that's almost 90 choreographed moves. >> how do you get this thing to work. >> turn it on bright. sorry, alan. >> in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." saber insurance. we're okay. 6:27. just ahead on "today in the bay" one report claims one police department wasted millions of dollars on tools it didn't use. >> rough road around the bay area and how they are exacting

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good morning to you. starting with a live picture over downtown san jose. the sun is rising. beautiful conditions. best time of the day for your outdoor plans hot later, 90s inland. 70s at the coast much changes on the way. we'll take you through that forecast. >> we're slowing it down. metering lights and bus at the toll plaza. i have your commute coming up. >> good morning, everybody. it's 6:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. eight provisions of the new affordable care act go into effect today. every one of them deals with preventative care for women. starting today insurance companies will be required to cover screenings like mammograms and pap smears and testing for hiv and hpv, the virus that causes cervical cancer. the new laws require insurance companies to cover the price of

contraception except for some religious institutions. the new rules will have a remarkable impact. >> cervical cancer is the best example. if we can find changes at the pre-cancerous stages we can prevent cervical cancer from ever happening. same with mammograms. earlier we can detect these small things less likely we're to encounter disease that requires more intervention. >> many people will not see a change until after their insurance plans next open enrollment period. "today in the bay's" bob redell will have more on this story coming up in about 20 minutes. >> also new this morning a city auditor's report released overnight just slams oakland police for spending millions of dollars on technology it never used. the audit looking at spending over the past fire years. some of the items purchased including the spot shotter gunfire detect system was never

used because of staffing shortages. others didn't work as expected. and a system to help identify risk behavior by officers was missing components. "today in the bay" christie smith will have more. 6:32. a proposed mosque in the south bay will get new scrutiny tonight. the south bay islamic center wants to build a mosque on 15 acres of land near san martin. tonight county planners are discussing the project at a meeting in morgan hill. the cordova center could consist of a mosque, semialternative multipurpose building. some residents are concerned about the impact of the development on the mostly rural area. we can tell you the list of proposed sales tax hikes is growing right here in the bay area. santa clara county supervisors taking a final vote tonight to ask voters in november for an eighth of a cent increase up to 8.5%. that would generate an estimated

$500 million often years. money raised would go to preventative health care programs at santa clara county medical center. san mateo county will also put a half cent sales tax hike before voters in november. san jose will consider a similar measure happening next week. just last year a total. six bay area counties bolstered sales tax rates to some of the highest in the entire state. >> a serial car thief's career is open. palo alto roa palo alto police arrested rinaldo gomez. the palo alto just upgraded its security cameras which were helping in track being gomez down. >> just made an upgrade about a month ago, and we have a number

of cameras that are really good resolution and they are in color and hd and showed some good footage. >> gomez was caught trying to use a stolen credit card from a palo alto victim. after searching his home they found a cache of stolen items. >> you've noticed we drive on some of the poorest roads in the country right here in the bay area and as the nbc investigative unit uncovered lack of roadway maintenance can cause accidents even deadly once. >> reporter: from potholes to uneven pavement there's growing concern that if roads continue to be neglected your chances of being in a car crash will only increase. crunching the numbers from the national highway traffic safety administration from 2001 to 2010, we found nearly 70 people were killed in car crashes in the bay area.

all were caused by road conditions. such as uneven pavement or poor signage. >> depending on the level of deterioration of pavement you can have 20, 30, 40% increase in crashes. if you have very slick pavement that's worn, if your shoulders are worn or not paved. . >> i'm and time again we see them waiting until there's a lawsuit and they are forced to by publicity or having to pay a verdict to fix something that they could have fixed years and years ago. >> reporter: caltran admits it's had difficulty keeping up with needed repairs due to lack of funding but says that has not impacted safety. >> basically, safety is our number one priority. so anything that's gone through and we can see that there's an issue that needs to be addressed safety wise we always prioritize that first. >> reporter: to improve our roads from poor to good condition the metropolitan commission says caltran has to spend $975 million annually.

about 177% increase from its current maintenance budget pap full investigation airs after olympics when you'll hear from a woman who lost her husband in an accident that she says was caused by a pothole. thank you very much. now if you have a tip for our investigative unit please give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. caltran is launch agnew service to help drivers navigate the roads. caltran will start providing real-time traffic information on its website at dot.ca snoop dogg. road closures are also online. 6:36 right now. no question about it a hot one today. the question is exactly how hot.

meteorologist christina loren is here to answer. >> it will be hot inland. the best part about living here in the bay area you don't have to travel 30 minutes, 40 minutes to get to the cool coast. taking a live look. this is san jose this morning. you can see where the low clouds filled in our inland valleys. not so much in the east bay. in is bay it is. 80s in san jose whereas we're forecasting mid-90s in the extreme east bay. that's where it will be the hottest. we're at 53 in san francisco. full deck of clouds overhead for now in san francisco and kind of right along the california coastline until 9:00. hour by hour details works out like this. 80 inland, 94 degrees at 4:00 p.m. opportunity ready for the hot weather. at about noon you should be good by 4:00 p.m. bay side not the coast natural cooling. 80 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 69 at the coast. changes cooler weather on the

way. we'll tell you when coming up. >> no major drama getting to the toll plaza, looks smoothly. speeds in the 40s and 30s. but then you come over towards the toll plaza. let me give the live shot. in this back up there were report of a disabled ac transit bus. it may have moved. it was blocking part of that 880 overcorrosion but a good involve traffic and some movement at the toll plaza with metering lights on. volume continues to build for 101, slow from approaching tully road. slowing at the airport. back to you. 6:38. coming up on today the bay. think it lights, power coming back on for00 of millions of people in india. officials say what caused the largest blackout in history. also call it golden age. yes the pint size teenagers of the u.s. gymnastics team

bringing home that gold. living large. raj mathias talked to one of them this morning. we'll take you back live to london next. this is the plan for back to school.

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this one has been nothing short of a massive mess but the lights are back on anyone da. an investigation are under way into two power outages that plunged people into the blackness. 500 trains were brought to a halt, stranding tens of

thousands of riders. traffic lights stopped working and so did atms. the outage is blamed on local governments taking more than their daily allotment of electricity. >> famous american author and play wright gore vidal died at his home in the hollywood hills. he wrote 25 novels. his literary works touched on politic, homosexuality and religion, delighting some and anga angering others. >> total of eight athletes have been disqualified. >> the burning question, a uc davis police officer out of a job this morning following the

no notorious pepper spring incident. was he fired or dequit? the answer coming up.

we're continuing to follow breaking news out of london this morning. where eight athletes have been disqualified from the 2012 games. raj mathias is following the big development. he joins us live in london with the details. raj? >> reporter: it's a big one. eight olympians have been disqualified. all female badminton players. within the last 15 minutes or so we're learning some of those players are now appealing this decision, so this story is far from over. let's give you some background of what's happening. eight players from the countries representing indonesia, china and south korea. they were intentionally trying to lose their matches to get a more favorable draw in this olympics tournament. that's against the spirit of the ioc and against the spirit of

most every sport and organization across the world so these eight players as of right now eight of them have been disqualified but once again we're saying some of them are appealing the suspension so probably in about an hour or two we'll find out the bottom line what's happening here in thrown. what else is happening here in london? all smiles for team usa gymnastics, when you're on top of the world what do you do? how about take a bite of that gold medal. we're hanging out with the fab five just a little while ago. all smiles. they are so excited. they said they did sleep a couple of hours. they are treated like rock stars. big red carpet treatment. aly, jordyn, gabby, mckayla and kayla having a great time. mckayla maroney will join us for our eveningnewscast. they can't be more excited about all the support they are getting. the fab five on the "today" show in 15 minute. michael phelps, this is big not just in the pool but also outside of the pool.

it's been an up and down few years for him personally speaking. you might recall in 2009 a british tabloid had a big photo on the front page of michael phelps smoking marijuana. he said it's been a tough time in his life. he then said he lost some of his motivation in terms of training but gotten it all together obviously because now here in london he's won two more medals. up to 19 in his medal count which is number one in the history of the olympic games. from phelps we go to one of our local swimmers. how about scott wells. he's looking for medal number one. not at phelps level but trying. scott wells from san jose born and raised in the south bay, he then went to uc davis and at one point was car salesman but now he's thinking about gold, silver or bronze tonight in london he'll be competing in the breast stroke and he has the wells family is here from san jose to cheer him on. we have all sorts of story lines of all the olympics we covered i can't think of one that's had so

many major stories both positive and negative in just the first few days. pretty exciting. as we send it back to you it is time that we give back team usa uniform back to the fab five. we've been holding i want to be for quite some time. >> that would be appropriate. >> swarski crystal. >> simply beautiful. good for them. thanks a lot. coming up tonight on nbc's primetime coverage, men and women's swimming, men's gymnastics and beach volleyball. if you're wondering where and when you can catch your favorite events head to nbcbayarea.com, click on the olympics tab and then scroll down and click on the viewing guide. you can look up events by sports or by viewing time and then find all the online listings. it's all easy to find on nbcbayarea.com. 6:48 right now. we go right to that weather coverage, meteorologist christina loren here is tell us. >> hot, hot. the gold medal goes to the beach

cities. great comfortable conditions in santa cruz and half moon bay hitting 70 degrees today. gorgeous conditions. courtesy of a shallow marine air. before 9:00 it will burn off. san francisco starting off clear in san jose. look at the contrast at the city by the bay and city in the south bay, san jose. you can see clear skies here and low clouds filling up the santa clara valley. those will burn off quickly. 6:49 looking comfortable as we head throughout the first part of the day. inland gets hot by 10:00 in concord and livermore. get outdoors to noon in san jose. starting out at 57, 70s at lunch. 55 in sunnyvale, hot city getting close to that 90 degree mark. high pressure is the reason why. moving in today strengthening, building up that momentum so for us a hotter day today more so as we head throughout thursday. peek heat more triple digits on that map as we head through tomorrow. today hit the beach, got the

kids at home, fantastic conditions in pacifica. 68 degrees. 4:00 p.m. wind will be a fact or10 to 15 miles per hour out of the west. onshore flow carrying in some comfortable breezes as we head throughout this afternoon especially inland. 70 degrees at half moon bay. big winner will be santa cruz at about 74 degrees in the heat of the day. highs work out like this. san jose you'll hit 84. heat continues for tomorrow. cool you off friday through the upcoming weekend. 6:50. mike has been busy this morning. a lot of red on those maps. >> things are starting to kick in. 101 north of 680. let me show you the map. 101 from capital up past the airport orange is where you're coming down into the 30s. up here 87 coming into downtown of course el camino, mondterey highway building.

livermore okay closer to that dublin interchange. looking at a nice smooth flow, better situation at the toll plaza after the bus has cleared from lanes. standard build because of the metering light. peninsula side look at that coming off the san mateo bridge nice smooth flow for your westbound commute. no delays across the bay. >> new this morning controversial new coverage kicks it for millions of american women as part of the affordable care act. bob redell joins us live in san jose with more on what women can expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. starting today new health insurance plans must provide preventative care for women at no cost to the patient. up until now some insurers didn't cover these preventative care items or charged high co-pace which led some women putting off or avoiding that kind of treatment all together. >> like when she had illnesses she hasn't gone because of the cost. i told her i would pay half if

she would just go. so she would be okay. >> reporter: that should no longer be a problem for that woman's sister and 47 million other women expected to benefit from this provision according to the government. insurers must cover for free things like routine breast and pelvic exams, test for hiv and hpv, hpv the virus that can cause cervical cancer and contracepti contraception. part of that provision has been controversial for religious organizations who have a moral problem with birth control and therefore don't believe they should have to cover or provide contraception. the government has given those organizations an exemption for a year while bolt sides work out some sort of compromise. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." >> 6:52. not a pleasant wake up call. oakland city leaders working up to a new scathing report an audit released overnight slamming the police department for wasting millions on unused technology.

today in the day's christie smith has more. >> reporter: good morning. more criticism coming in to the oakland police department this time from the city auditor's department with a report being released today that showed that even in the face of budget problems the police department spent nearly $2 million on technology equipment that either wasn't used or wasn't used quite enough. starting with this shot spotter technology system, the city spent almost half a million dollars on it. ate series of microphones that can pick up the southern of gunfire and help police get to that scene quickly. the report found there were staffing issues and police only had one computer for it that wasn't always monitored. the report covers five years from 2006 to 2011 and it also found police spent a million dollars on a video system for its patrol cars that could record interactions with resident, it didn't work. now the city auditor recommended 22 ways to improve the system. if you want to see the report

itself it is online this morning on the city auditor's website. in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:53. volunteers in morgan hill will be out searching for lamar. one day after a san jose judge postponed a hearing for are the torres accused of kidnapping and killing lamar. >> there is a fourth deadly shooting in san francisco. this all happening just over three days. one man was killed. a second wounded near san bruno drive last night around 10:00. police say two men ran up to the victims, started firing shots. then they took off in a white four door car. on monday, two people died in a shooting less than two miles aafrom that scene. on sunday a teenager was found shot to death at a diamond heights backyard. so far no arrests have been made

in any of the shootings. >> a memorial service for the san jose couple murdered in their very own home. pedro and mary belle jimenez were shot to death last week with their three small children inside of that house. the suspect 31-year-old pedro medina still out on the loose. police say he once dated mary belle and could have killed the couple out of jealousy. the man at the center of the controversial pepper stray incident at uc davis is no longer a campus cop. you've stheeen this video. he doused the students with pepper stray during a peaceful protest last november. that video so far has gotten over 2 1/2 million views on youtube, that count as of this morning. the university confirming lieutenant john pike no longer on that force but at this point will not say why. he has been on administrative leave since the incident and an independent investigation concluding the use of pepper

spray was quote unreasonable. 6:55. an investigation is under way this morning after a passenger on air canada flight found a suing needle in a catered sandwich. a spokesperson for air canada said the airline is work closely with its caterer to ensure heightened security measures have been put in place. police are investigating an incident on a flight from victoria british columbia to toronto. we're waiting on the fed which will release its latest information about interest rates come about 11:00 this morning. the dow industrials up 50 point as we wait. really nothing the fed can do other than just extend the length of time that we're paying practically zero interest rates. this morning a new app popped up on the apple app store. amazon streaming on demand for your ipad. you can rent or buy movies on your ipad.

amazon prime members get access to free movies as well. yesterday hulu went on the apple tv now amazon on demand for free movies if you're an amazon prime users. >> get back to work. >> hope nothing bad happens. >> he gets paid to do that. thanks, scott. >> research. all right. research in the forecast for us, meteorologist christina loren. >> going to feel like the first day of august. good morning. temperatures today in the mid-90s inland, 80s bay side, 69 degrees at the coast. giants just acquired hunter pence. if you want to catch the game flip over to our sister station comcast sports center but flip back and forth between the olympics and that giants game right here on nbc bay area. now, as we head throughout the

coming week changes in that seven day forecast every ten minutes throughout the "today" show. let's find out how are you drive is moving "today" lone. here's mike. >> northbound 101 really starting to slow up now over the last ten minutes. 87 as well. 85 at the bottom of your strength. take you to a new incident just reported on the peninsula. here we go. southbound 101. right as you approach whipple avenue an accident reported in your lanes and that's what's causing the slowing coming down into redwood city. that's unexpected for folks. live look out there. we'll show you how things are shaping up in fremont. northbound 880 smooth drive. southbound picking up the volume between the san mateo and dumbarton bridges and another live look outside. back to the peninsula. the metering lights causing some slowing but the freeway is okay. >> good news. we finish things up with a look at some of stories you'll hear

about throughout the day. controversy at the london names, eight female badminton players have been disqualified for attempting to throw their matches. officials say they claim the plaerps trying to lose their games to get a better draw in that bracket. badminton world federation said players from south korea, china and indonesia did not use their best efforts. >> oakland city auditors released a new report that slams the stipulate's police department for spending $2 million on technology it doesn't use. the audit found police caught cameras in an automated citation system didn't work. other technology like shot spotter system wasn't used due to staffing shortages. >> more changes taking effect today as part of the affordable care act. employers now required to provide coverage for contraceptives for their female employees. also insurers must cover the cost preventative care and preventative screenings. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. we'll be back at 7:25.

continued coverage of the london olympics coming up on the "today" show this morning. >> all sorts of beautiful thing and we'll leave you with a live look at the caldron burning bright lin london. another big day for team usa. enjoy it. have a great day. captions paid for by nbc-universal television get the gold medal! >> good morning. solid gold in the biggest night yet for team usa, the women's gymnastics team gets it done, winning their first team gold medal since 1996. as michael phelps makes history. >> 48-year-old record! number 19! >> he's now the most decorated olympian of all time today, wednesday, august 1st, 2012.